It’s Wednesday and I still haven’t done a write-up on the Illowa APBA League All-Star Game last weekend. Time management issues happen when the Cubs get to the playoffs. IAL managers all arrived at the Downers Grove Comfort Inn last Friday. Chuck Lucas was nice enough to give me a…
A couple days ago, I posted about Steve’s Card Computer which among other things, gives us a glimpse into the 2016 APBA cards. Mike Bunch, our commissioner in the Illowa APBA League, has been predicting APBA for years as well and he’s gotten pretty good at it. He’s at it…
This weekend will be the 42nd annual Illowa APBA League All-Star Game. IAL managers will gather in Downers Grove, Illinois on Friday to play some APBA and have some fun. On Saturday, the All-Star Game game will take place. The City Boys Division, skippered by Chuck Lucas (above left), will…
Hey everyone, I know a lot of you are big fans of Steve’s APBA Card Computer so you will want to know that it has a new home. You can now find it at this address: http://www.compuducksports.com/cardcomp/ For those who haven’t used it, Steve’s APBA Card Computer is the baby…
With the Illowa APBA League 2016 All-Star weekend coming up next weekend, you might need a program to keep track of the managers. The IAL has been going through some personnel changes lately. In short, we have two new managers in our league. Dan Bunch This is actually Dan’s second…
Now that the Major League Baseball season is over, some of you may want to have a copy of the stats on your computer to view, sort and filter. Most of us are fine with browsing the nicely formatted web pages at Baseball Reference, MLB.com or ESPN.com. However, if you’re…
Bob Botelho sends the APBA Blog info on his APBA league, the International Simulation Baseball Association. The ISBA is an APBA Baseball for Windows league that been around since 2010. Info on the ISBA: League Name International Simulation Baseball Association Contact Person Bob Botelho Sport Baseball # of teams 12…
First, thanks to Ron Emch for providing this YouTube video of the playoff announcements at the Neil Ess Memorial Twin Cities APBA Baseball Tournament this past weekend. Check out Ron’s YouTube channel. Lots of good stuff! Tournament organizer Jim Fraasch has already updated his blog, Jim’s APBA Barn with a…
I’m going on rumor here but news on the grapevine has it that Bruce Tyler and his 1930 St. Louis Cardinals won the Neil Ess Memorial Twin Cities Area APBA Tournament this past weekend. Almost as incredible is that the man he beat in the championship game was Leroy Arnoldi…
The beauty of the game of APBA is that despite most real life conditions or events, we can rewrite history. A rainout? Doesn’t matter, we can still play. A strike or lockout? We can still play a full season. But some things still hit home pretty hard. Jose Fernandez’ death…